Name
George Elliott Austin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/08/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT CEMETERY
Panel 23 to 28 and 163A.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 17 Nov 1892 and baptised on 4 Dec 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire son of William and Kate Austin. Educated at Royal Masonic School 1901-10 and played hockey for Hertfordshire. He worked in the insurance business and lived in Birmingham.
Wartime Service
Enlisted as Private in the Territorials before 1914 and entered France in Mar 1915. He was promoted to Sergeant and then obtained a commission and was killed in action by a machine gun bullet while leading C Company in an attack.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
